If you're able to run 'xclock' then you have an X server on the workstation end, so that's good.
YaST runs as root, and it's often tricky to convey X authority from non-root. (This is assuming that you 'su' or 'sudo' which I truly hope you're doing.) If you connect as root, then SSH, and you requested to forward X traffic on the client end, will do the right thing. But ... really ... don't sign on directly as root. Best practice is to disallow root login and require everyone to use 'sudo'. The *proper* way to do it is with a sort of export and import via 'xauth'. And you'll need to set your DISPLAY variable correctly in the root shell in any case. But you can short-cut the details by copying ".Xauthority" from your home directory to root's home directory. Verify with an 'xterm' or with 'xclock'. Then try 'yast2'. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Mark Pace <[email protected]> wrote: > During installation I get these really nice X app to do installation. > After the first boot I still have the X apps. But as soon as I log off I > can't seem to get the X Yast back again. /sbin/yast /sbin/YaST2 > /sbin/YaST all start the ncurses version. How can I get the X Yast so I > can show some people, that yes we can do GUI if we need to. Just running > xclock doesn't show much. > > -- > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > Mark D Pace > Senior Systems Engineer > Mainline Information Systems > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ -- -- R; Rick Troth Velocity Software http://www.velocitysoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
